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State judge places a hold on Oregon's gun law and the state says it will appeal

• https://www.npr.org by AP

The ruling by Harney County Judge Robert Raschio threw the implementation of Measure 114 — set for Thursday — into limbo and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said on Twitter that her office will urgently appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court. That filing is likely to come Wednesday morning.

"It's been a busy day for Measure 114, Oregon's new gun safety law, which is supposed to go into effect Thursday. A federal and a state judge both issued rulings today," the Twitter thread said. "As of now, the law cannot go into effect on Thursday."

The lawsuit in Harney County, filed by Gun Owners of America Inc., the Gun Owners Foundation and several individual gun owners, sought to have the entire law placed on hold while its constitutionality is decided. The state lawsuit specifically makes the claims under the Oregon Constitution, not the U.S. Constitution — and that means for now, Raschio's ruling is binding in the entire state.


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